St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-25
Some of the Effects Of the
Company Now Held on
Sundry Attachments.
A Number Of People Receive
Christmas PreSentS---Al-
tempted Suicide.
THE BARRETT EVIDENCE.
Several Witnesses Give Some
what Important Testimony.

come of the trial. The general
verdict was that the evidence Of
the prosecution so far was very contra
dictory and not very positive. Several
of the attorneys present said they
placed no confidence in the testimony of
Freddy" Barrett, and some of them
said they did not believe the prOsecu-
ton took much stock in it. either.
A COUSINS TESTIMONY.
The first witness called yesterday
morning was Mrs. Sarah Lennon. Her
testimony was as follows:
Il am a first cousin of Henry Bar
rett's wife and formerly lived at 1888
Fort avenue. I went up to Barrett's
house on the evening of the 10Th of
July. l saw the three boys go away
tagether. | didn't know in what direc-
ton they went. Lottie Welch. Minnie
Barrett, Chloe Belts and myself were at
the house after the boys went away.
/ wanted Chloe to come over and stay
with me during the night. was there
until 10 O'Clock. Two days after | saw
Henry and Tim Barrett come up the
avenue and pass my house. They had
some water lilies in their hands. About
twenty minutes after they passed L
went up to their house. | saw some
lilies in a beer glass on the bureau.
They had the stems cut off short. took
two of them and afterward Henry took
out two more and gave each of the
children one. | saw no lilies but what
were in the beer glass. | had some
conversation about the lilies. | asked
them where they got them. Minnie
sad they came from the river. ! SAID
We will have some then l think lin
said they came from the lake. l was at
the Barrett'S about an hour
She was unable to state where she
was on any evening from July 20 to
July rs except on the both. nor could
she remember seeing either Pete or
Tim except on the evening Of the 26th
and the afternoon of the Goth, al
though she thought she was
at Barrett's house almost every day.
She denied that she went over on the
evening of the 2Sth to Barrett'S to get
Tim to eject two men from the house,
who were disOrdarly, but admitted such
circumstance prior to the 18th. She
said one of the men was Joseph oferd,
who had been living with her, but he
was now in Kansas City. She said
at another time she went after lin
20 put out a man named Rollins. She
said she kept COW, and that man
named Joseph Williams MIXED it for
her. and that he had also gone to Kan
sas City.
kansas City is pretty good place to
put Them" remarked Mr. Erwin.
"We'n pay their expenses back if you
want them," said Mr.. Davis.
You're very generous with the county
funds" remarked Mr.. DOnahue.
The witness continued: She was
working on a farm in Douglas county
Ill Tl..f,
I've Kinney came after her and that she
moved to Osakis, Mimi, in August. She
admitted seeing Henry Barrett'S father
at $3.50 Fort avenue on the first
of August. After some hesitation she
said She was positive it was the first
day of August. AS she was leaving the
witness stand Mr.. Davis said:
"Are you sure it was the first of Au-
gust?''
II don't know" she answered.
Take your seat again." said Mr..
She went back on the stand
and then testified that she
was positive it was Aug. l..
When the prosecution rested MIR. Davis
wanted Mrs. Lennon eXcued. He said
She had several small children and
lived at Osakis, and wanted to 20 home.
Mr.. Erwin said that as she had testified
for the prosecution she had better stay
during the trial. The court said he
thought SO, too.
q. A. Chamberlain was sworn and
started to testify about being held up on
Franklin avenue, near Fourth avenue
south, but the court decided that his
testimony was foreign to the case and
he left the stand.
THE GRoCER's STORY.
Fred Foster, who kept grocery store
1T 2210 Cedar avenue, was then sworn.
He testified:
south. | was near Layman's, cemetery
on the night of July 26. had just come
from my store. / was driving a deliv-
cry wagon and was alone. l drove up
Cedar avenue from my store to Thirty
second street. / met no car, but passed
one at Twenty-eighth street. drove
toward the cemetery, and know tina
the driver Of the car was the one killed.
/ saw three men near the cemetery;
one was a tall man, they were standing
still. He was considerably taller than
the others. / cannot describe
them. l discovered an obstruction
on the track near Twenty-sixth
street, and had to drive
Il. IL COllSlStSu VI oChCldl IiOh
planks lying across the track. Return
ing from the turn-table. caught up
with Tollefson'S car near Twenty-fOurth
street, and drove along side of it until
reaching Twenty-eighth street. There
was pile Of sidewalk plank lying near
the obstruction. ! was on one side of
the street. | saw no other plank near
the track, or other Instructions. / drove
70 1902 Cedar avenue and stopped there
a short time, and then went home. !
heard no shots or screams"
Henry Krumwelde, policeman, was
sworn. He testified:
Al was at TWenty-SiXth street and Ce-
lar avenue at about l o'clock ON the
light of July 26. l saw one plank lying
between the tracks, and two other
blanks living alongside of the track. |
picked them up and threw them on the
bile Oh one side of the street. l saw no
bther plankS near the track. There
we're only three plankS near the track"
FROM THE LIPS OF BABES.
Allie Van ValkenbeTg was sworn, and
testified as follows:
~ am twelve years old. live on
Cedar avenue between Twenty-eighth
and Twenty-ninth streets. 1picked up
billiard cue in our yard about Aug. l.
1t was about three feet long. don't
know what became OF 1t. l guess the
dog carried it off. / was alone when !
found it. A man came to our house to
find out if any one had found a cue"
Charles Van Valkenberg testified:
81 am fourteen years old. / remem-
Der that my brother found billiard cue
about three feet long. 1t was lost. 1t
was found about Aug. l.
James Howard, city detective, testi-
fed:
"I went down to $3.50 Fort avenue
with Detective Hankinson, Mr.. jamie
son and Henry Barrett Nov. II. A
family was living in the house. went
down in the cellar with Henry
Barrett. 1t was about eight
feet square and four feet deep.
There were some beer kegs in cellar